Chapter 51

"Next, what should we do?" Hao Meng looked at Lan Lan on the screen and asked.

Lan Lan squatted on the ground, tilted her head, and with her big eyes twinkling cutely, said, "Boss, you are the boss, right? Whatever you say, Lan Lan will do. How can you ask Lan Lan what to do? If you don't say what to do, how would Lan Lan know what to do!"

Hao Meng raised his hand and patted his forehead, saying with a mix of laughter and tears, "Are you reciting a tongue twister for me here? Stop being so talkative. Didn't you say you were very powerful? I want to make money with 'Little Blue.' Think of a way!"

With over 7 million installations, this was already a significant number. If utilized, it would definitely be a huge fortune. Even if each of the 7 million people contributed just one yuan, that would still be over 7 million yuan!

"Make money?" Lan Lan tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said, "Making money is actually quite easy. For now, Boss can introduce paid services. Users who pay can use more features of 'Little Blue.' Even better, Boss can enforce a rule that users who don't pay can no longer use 'Little Blue' in the future. Isn't that fine?"

"Charge fees!" Hao Meng stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forcing charges won't work for now. Free services are more attractive to everyone. Forcing charges now would be like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, losing more than gaining. Charging for some features is more feasible. You start by creating the paid features."

"That's very easy, but Boss, you should register a company. Otherwise, charging fees without paying taxes is illegal!" Lan Lan reminded him.

Hao Meng nodded. Even if Lan Lan hadn't reminded him, he would have registered a company as soon as possible.

"Lan, I need your help with something!" Hao Meng picked up his phone and called Bai Lan.

The Bai Lan Electronics City closes at 7:30 PM. It was only 5:30 PM, so there was still some time before closing. He wondered how the sales had been during this period!

Bai Lan was in the office making a plan. It was almost mid-July, and the electronics city had been in trial operation for over ten days, gradually getting on track. She planned to officially open on August 1st, with various activities that she needed to plan and manage!

"Back already?" Bai Lan asked with a smile. Although she was tired, she felt fulfilled. Her mood was good every day, and managing such a large electronics city made her feel important. Her family hadn't mentioned setting her up with a match recently.

"Yep! Just got back." Hao Meng lay on the bed and smiled.

"Tell me, what's up?" Bai Lan asked.

"It's like this. I want to register a tech company. You're familiar with this, so have someone help me with the paperwork." Hao Meng got straight to the point. He wasn't a lone wolf anymore; he could give orders like other bosses, and his subordinates would carry them out.

Registering a company involves a lot of procedures and is quite troublesome!

"Register a company?" Bai Lan was taken aback and frowned. "Isn't Bai Lan Electronics City already registered?"

"Not the electronics city. I plan to set up a new company, unrelated to Bai Lan Electronics City. It will be a tech company. The registered capital, um, let's say one million yuan!" Hao Meng thought for a moment and said.

Another company?

Bai Lan felt she couldn't understand the 'little brother' who used to follow her around anymore. After hanging up, she muttered to herself, "This guy, how many secrets does he have?"

After hanging up, Hao Meng got out of bed and went out.

"Going out?" Wei Shufen asked softly. She had just bought some fresh vegetables from a nearby store to prepare dinner.

Guo Guo stared with wide eyes, watching 'Bearing Children.' She ignored everyone!

Hao Meng smiled and said, "Yeah, just going for a walk. I'll be back soon. If I don't come back for dinner, I'll call you!"

Wei Shufen nodded and said nothing.

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Ding dong!

Hao Meng rang the doorbell outside.

Yang Xiaoshuang opened the door, saw Hao Meng, and was taken aback for a moment. She rolled her eyes and said, "Why is it you? I thought it was the delivery guy!" Then she turned and walked in.

Hao Meng smiled, closed the door, and followed in, saying, "What do you mean? Why can't it be me? I rented this place, and you haven't even paid the rent yet!"

"Brother Meng, hello!"

"Hao Meng brother, you're here!"

The girls were familiar with Hao Meng. The three customer service representatives, Xiao Fang, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Yan, were all personally hired by Hao Meng. The remaining Xiao Feng had also met him several times. Everyone knew that although the online store was nominally Yang Xiaoshuang's, the source of goods, the setup, and the rental were all funded by Hao Meng.

"Hello everyone, are you all getting used to working here?" Hao Meng smiled and greeted the girls. Xiao Mei, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Fang were a couple of years older than Hao Meng.

"Pretty good!" The girls all smiled and nodded. After getting to know each other, they felt that working here was better than other places. There were no strict working hours, they got commissions for each order, they could go shopping, and there were rewards for good sales. They usually went out to play every three to five days, and when there was no business, they could listen to music or surf the internet without anyone bothering them.

"What have you been up to?" Yang Xiaoshuang opened the window. The sunlight wasn't as strong outside. During the day, these 'homebodies' kept the curtains closed because of the heat, but with the air conditioning, they didn't feel the scorching heat outside.

"Taking a walk!" Hao Meng smiled and asked, "How has it been going lately? Smoothly?" He sat on the sofa and crossed his legs, not being too formal.

Yang Xiaoshuang tilted her head proudly and said, "Of course it's been smooth. The other day was our half-month celebration. With various activities, do you know how many orders we got?"

Hao Meng was taken aback. There was a 'half-month celebration'? Was it to celebrate the online store being open for half a month? He smiled bitterly and shook his head, feeling a bit out of touch. Curiously, he asked, "How many?"

"567 orders, a total of 721 phones sold. This includes brand new, unopened phones from Bai Lan's electronics city. Although the profit isn't much, the volume is large. Even Bai Lan praised me, saying that her large electronics city doesn't have as high sales as my online store in a day." Yang Xiaoshuang said proudly and playfully.

"Really that high?" Hao Meng was also surprised. Selling a few hundred phones a day, with an average profit of 30 yuan per phone, that would be 20,000 yuan. If this performance could be maintained, after deducting rent and labor costs, the annual income would be around 4 to 5 million yuan.

"Surprised, right?" Yang Xiaoshuang said playfully, then added, "Of course, not every day has such high sales. But our daily sales have stabilized at around 100 phones!"

"That's not bad. I should start calling you a little rich girl!" Hao Meng nodded and smiled. He hadn't expected Yang Xiaoshuang to make the online store so successful in such a short time. If the monthly net profit was 50,000 yuan, that would be 600,000 yuan a year.